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i saw this soil that has mycellium in it called myco tone and was/am wonderingmaybe the mycellium will help prevent foreign mold contaminationhttp://www.espoma.com/myco-tone/

i was thinking about it after reading this

"Laboratory tests have shown P. semilanceata to suppress the growth of the soil-borne water mold Phytophthora cinnamomi, a virulent plant pathogen that causes the disease root rot.[37] When grown in dual culture with other saprobic fungi isolated from the rhizosphere of grasses from its habitat, P. semilanceata significantly suppresses their growth. This antifungal activity, which can be traced at least partly to two phenolic compounds it secretes, helps it compete successfully with other fungal species in the intense competition for nutrients provided by decaying plant matter.[38] Using standard antimicrobial susceptibility tests, Psilocybe semilanceata was shown to strongly inhibit the growth of the human pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The source of the antimicrobial activity is unknown.[39]"

also if one puts a small aquarium UV light set to run every now and then or a low power one to be put on with the light cycle, perhaps it will control above ground contamination on leaves, stems, flowers and raise THC levels

also for the heck of it, i was wondering about the idea of a hermetic growing chamber (with sterile inlets for watering or nutrients, if needed,with uv treated reservoirs), with pre-pasteurized/sterilized soil. with a seed drop chamber or something. since the seed may carry contaminants and can't be pastuerized, maybe if it is swabbed lightly with alchol before being airlocked into the chamber which is later innoculated with the above written about mycellium to combat any later possible infections. then no smell has to be dealt with as it is hermetic and if water is need it can be loaded into the chamber, UV sterillized while sealed and then pressure equilizedly added to the grow chamber.

yea it sounds ridiculous but i bet it so cool like a space chamber or something

Good idea for mushroom growing but mold just isn't a big enough problem to go threw so much trouble. I've been growing since 1985 and have only had mold on buds 4 or 5 times and every time most likely cause I was to lazy to do something I should have done.

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I have a advanced LED light that cost me about 300 bucksbut it does both infra red and u.v. in the red wavelengthNow when ever someone mentions HPS I think about the cost effectivenessbut I really don't like all those wires hanging around.

My problem really was keeping the soil aeratedI know how sunlight, bugs and worms and stuff loosing up the soil.The only idea I had was to mix perlite into through out the soil and keep it warm with a incadecent light bulb torwards the bottom of the pot (but outside of where the run off is caught)